Posts by Melody Smith
China’s Technology Contributions
TechTarget has released two significant developments lately and they both focus on China. Their online lead visualization tool, the Activity Intelligence™ Dashboard for China marketing campaigns, and a Simplified Chinese version of the dashboard that will give technology vendors who are focused on generating demand in China a rich view of relevant content consumption behavior at both…
Read MoreDid You Ask Permission?
What is piracy? Simply put, it is copyright infringement, infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative work. Besides being illegal, it is unnecessary. There are many legitimate and legal ways to obtain various versions of research…
Read MoreLearning Opportunity in Metadata and Book Sales
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering an in-person or webinar learning opportunity on Wednesday, March 16th at 1:00-4:00 p.m. (EST). The topic will be “Increasing Discoverability and Sales Through Metadata: Enhancing Reach of Scholarly Books.” This seminar will address questions like “How exactly do researchers find books these days?” and “What role do librarians…
Read MoreRunning Out of Room
Unnecessary data is a fact of life. The enterprise platform as well as personal computers are likely clogged with unnecessary data and the cloud is filling up fast. This interesting news came to us from BetaNews in their article, “Your business is likely storing useless data.” A recent survey of IT decision makers in companies with more…
Read MoreBusiness Architecture Summit Promises Broad Agenda
Are you planning to attend the Business Architecture Innovation Summit? The 4th annual Business Architecture Innovation Summit is to be held in Reston, Virginia on March 15-16, 2016. This year’s event will build on past summits and workshops, a comprehensive body of knowledge, formal certification program, industry maturity model, emerging educational programs and formalization of standards. Businesses are expanding…
Read MoreLearning Initiative from AAP
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced the creation of a Center for Innovation & Digital Learning, an initiative designed to promote new ideas in the digital learning space and to support the development of next-generation educational technologies. This interesting information came to us from the Association of American Publishers in their article, “Association of…
Read MoreBuilding Relationships
Merriam Webster’s definition of thesaurus is “a book in which words that have the same or similar meanings are grouped together”. Like words themselves, the definitions evolve over time. This interesting information came from an unlikely source in The Christian Science Monitor and their article, “Not so lost in translation: How are words related?” Some words…
Read MoreRecognition Among Peers
Franz Inc. was an early innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) and has been recognized as “Best in Semantic Web Technology – USA & Leader in Graph Database Products” by Corporate America Magazine. Press Release Rocket brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “AllegroGraph Recognized by Corporate America Magazine as Best in Semantic Web Technology…
Read MoreLooking Forward with Semantic Technology
The importance of effective data management has not changed. The quantity of the data has exploded and requires more space and attention, but it is just as important as it has always been. DATAVERSITY brought this information to us in their article, “Top Trends in Semantic Technology for 2016.” To do manage the data, organizations are…
Read MoreMajor Player in Health Data
The acquisition of Truven Health Analytics by IBM changes the playing field for cloud computing and data management in the health industry. This interesting turn of events came to our attention by Yahoo News in their post, “IBM buys Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 bn.” It is the fourth major purchase that IBM has made in less than a year…
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